CLASP May newsletter

Posted May 14th, 2009 by admin
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LSP Climate Change Support

The CLASP programme is offering support to LSPs responsible for climate change indicators, in the form of a high-level briefing or workshop for each LSP aimed at the Executive and LSP members of supporting thematic partnerships or groups. These sessions will be tailored to the progress that you have already made and should be seen as an integral part of your LSP climate change delivery plan.

Dates are booking up fast and all must be delivered by 31st July so to book, discuss or check on your authorities' progress contact Gill.Fenna@quantumst.co.uk

CLASP events and sponsored places 

2nd & 3rd June Climate Conference 2009 Kirklees

2 days of keynote speakers, seminars, site visits, and an interactive exhibition which will give you the opportunity to speak to the people involved in delivering some award-winning sustainability projects run in Kirklees - a Beacon Council for Climate Change. Find out more on their website.

CLASP sponsored places available - email CLASP.

10th June Climate Change and the Arts Eastleigh

Eastleigh's final beacon event, Climate Change & the Arts, explores the use of film, music and animation to communicate inspire and inform people about the issues around climate change. Find out more on their website.

CLASP sponsored places available - email CLASP.

26th June Beacon Councils Visit CLASP Warrington

CLASP is hosting a visit of the Beacon Councils and IDeA to the North West for a best practice exchange event. Come along and hear from City of London, Eastleigh, Worcestershire and Kirklees. A discussion panel and workshop will follow, facilitated by Quantum. 

You will receive an invitation shortly.

1st July ENWORKS & CLASP Workshop Warrington

14th July ENWORKS & CLASP Workshop Lancaster

Two (identical) half-day workshops aiming to demonstrate ENWORKS' and Environment Connect's work,services and help on offer to Local Authorities. This will include improving supply chains & helping identifying and engage with businesses that have the highest potential to make carbon savings.

Data will also be made available on the day showing the carbon saving impact that ENWORKS interventions have made in each LA area since 2005 which may be useful for NI 186 monitoring.

You will receive an invitation shortly.

Advance Notice UKCIP Climate Projections North West t.b.c.

To help you understand how to use the new forthcoming UK Climate Projections, Defra and UKCIP are developing a series of training and workshop events along with a suite of online learning packages. CLASP will be hosting a week of North West events in early Autumn 2009. This flyer provides more information. To register your interest in attending please go to UKCIP's event site. 

How Sponsored Places Work

 CLASP still has a limited number of sponsored places available for North West officers, members and LSP members to attend Climate Change Beacon Council events in June (Kirklees & Eastleigh).   Sponsorship includes attendance fees, travel and accommodation costs (where necessary). 

The deal...   Simple. We'd like you to either attend the 26th June Beacon Worksop in Warrington and share your impressions, or write us a few paragraphs and take some photos - so we can share the highlights of what you saw, heard and learnt with other CLASP members.

Interested?   Contact ailsa.gibson@4nw.org.uk to find out more.
 

Other Events

 11th & 12th June       Nuclear Free Local Authorities                          Manchester

A Vision of the World in 2020: How do we tackle climate change and nuclear proliferation?
The key role of Local Authorities in dealing with energy and proliferation issues will be explored in this Nuclear Free Local Authorities Conference 2008/09.  The programme can be downloaded from here.

18th June                  Flooding Preparedness and Resilience              Manchester

This event, targeted at planners, consultants and small business managers, will provide practical and technical support and advice on how to assess risk, and minimise flooding impact both now and in the future. 

This event is FREE to IEMA Members, Non Members may attend up to 2 regional events free of charge. To book and find out more follow this link.
 

9th July                     Planning Seminar / Visit to Scout Moor               Scout Moor

This North West planning seminar will take place at Scout Moor wind farm and is brought to you by Envirolink Northwest, Peel Wind Power Limited and BWEA. The visit will run from 10.30am - 4pm and is free but must be booked via this page.